Cargolux B744 at Luxembourg on Jan 21st 2010, touched van on runway during landing

[Jason Le]

How lucky was this guy......

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=42620150&opt=0



A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration LX-OCV performing flight CV-7933 from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg), was cleared to land on Luxembourg's runway 24 in low visibility due to fog (RVR 350 meters), when one of the tyres impacted the roof of a van parked on the runway at 12:53L (11:53Z). The airplane landed safely, the driver of the van escaped with just a shock, the van received substantial damage, the airplane suffered damage to the tyre.

Luxemburg's Ministry of Transport reported, that the van had entered the runway to perform maintenance work at the runway ground lighting. Three investigations have been initiated. The Ministry did not tell, whether the van had been cleared to enter the runway.

First preliminary results of the investigations into the incident were released on Saturday (Jan 23rd) stating, that the van had been cleared to enter the runway to perform maintenance work. At that time the Cargolux Boeing had not yet begun its approach.

[Nigel C]

How lucky was the aircraft too? It's a good thing he only rolled the wheels along the roof an didn't clean up the whole van.

I dare say this incident will prompt many airports worldwide to review their low vis and runway maintenance procedures.